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The detail of a news or event item can be rich (i.e. formatted) Html (entered via the Html Editor), but in most cases they would be plain text. Items are restricted to less than 7500 characters (including Html markup tags) in length, which should suffice for most items.


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Display of News and Events items

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  • As a summary on the home page (if enabled via Site Preferences) - Current items (which have not expired) are shown for the current club/association, and in some cases the most recent 3 news items items are also shown for governing bodies (this can also be controlled via a Preference setting). Items which are up to seven days old have a 'NEW' indicator shown next to them. The first line of the news item is shown (without formatting) as well as the headline (which when clicked drills down to the News Item detail).
  • Individual news and events items can also be configured to display in their entirety (including all formatting and included images) on the home page. This is done by editing the item and setting the Show full item on home page checkbox. Items will only display in this manner until manually removed, or until they expire.
  • Compact summary - Current items (which have not expired) are shown for the current club/association, and in some cases the most recent three items are also shown for governing bodies. Only the headline is shown (which when clicked drills down to the Item detail). Compact summaries can be configured (via Preferences) to display in either the left or right bars of the site, and also can be configured to display on only the home page, any other page, or all pages.
  • News/Events page - Accessed by clicking the News or Events main menu item. All current items are shown for the current club/association. Most of the item is shown (without formatting, extremely long items are truncated) as well as the headline (which when clicked drills down to the item detail). Expired items can be accessed acessed by clicking the News/Events Archive link.
  • News/Events item page - A single item is shown in its entirety, with full formatting and any included images.

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  1. In the Events Maintenance screen, click Add new Events item. 
  2. Enter an Item Title. This will be the headline of the event.
  3. The Date/time of Event will be set to tomorrow's date. Edit it by using the Calendar popup.
  4. The Item expiry date/time is automatically set to 3 months in the future. Edit it by using the Calendar popup. Clearing the date effectively means the item will never expire.
  5. Enter the detail of the item in the Item Text Html Editor. This may be formatted, and can contain any Html Elements such as images etc, however they will only appear on the Events item screen, and not any of the Events summaries.
  6. Click Update to save the Event, or Back to News or Events maintenance to return to the News and Events Maintenance screen.

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Editing a News or Event Item

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